Medical Assistant

Riggs Community Health; Frankfort (KY); On-site; USD 51,577,000 - 68,770,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k)

PTO 3 weeks

8 Paid Holidays

Education reimbursement

Certification funds

Bonus

Job summary

Riggs Community Health Center in Frankfort, IN is seeking a Certified Medical Assistant to join our outpatient care teams. The role offers a 40-hour week with no nights or overtime, and a schedule designed to support family life.

Eligibility requires active AAMA certification and a compassionate, patient-centered approach. You will prep patients, assist with procedures, manage records, and coordinate with providers across Frankfort and Lebanon locations.

Qualifications

• Active Certified Medical Assistant (AAMA) certification required.
• Experience in outpatient clinical setting preferred.
• Strong patient communication and organizational skills.

Responsibilities

• Prepare patients for examination and take vitals.
• Assist with procedures and specimen collection.
• Manage medical records and charting; coordinate with providers.

Skills

Vital signs

Lab specimen collection

Medical records management

Patient communication

Scheduling/encounter forms

Education

Certified Medical Assistant (AAMA), active certification

Tools

EMR software

Job description

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Medical Assistant

FT Service Frankfort, IN, US

2 days ago Requisition ID: 1721

Salary Range: $18.00 To $24.00 Hourly

***RIGGS OFFERS ONE OF THE HIGHEST COMPENSATION PACKAGES FOR MEDICAL ASSISTANTS IN THE REGION*** Riggs MA's start between $18-24/hour based on experience and/or certification. Check out our website to see real career stories from our team. Want to know more? Just ask our MA's why they enjoy working with Riggs CHC!
Riggs team members bring compassionate health care to our community! Ask us why Riggs MA's overwhelmingly love their team, patients, and what they do everyday! Eligible candidates can meet the team in a transparent interview process. Whether you're just starting your career or looking for the next big step, you'll love what Riggs has to offer! Riggs Community Health Center is a top-rated non‑profit Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC). We are seeking Certified Medical Assistants (active AAMA ® certification) with service and community minded individuals to join our highly skilled care teams who provide much needed outpatient medical care to an under‑served community. At Riggs you will grow to the top of your scope in a friendly, professional, and patient‑centered team setting. Riggs Community Health Center...Improving Health, Improving Lives. Riggs Medical Assistants enjoy predictable 40 hour work weeks with no nights or overtime, and only limited Saturdays. Riggs focuses on balance with a schedule you can plan your family life around. All full‑time employees have access to low‑cost, comprehensive Medical, Dental, Vision, up to $700 HSA Employer Contributions, Short & Long Term Disability, Life Insurance, 401(k), 8 Paid Holidays, 3 Weeks PTO, Education Reimbursements, Certification Funds, Bonus, and more! We are happy to schedule time for you to meet the team before making a commitment.

Essential Duties:

• Prepares patients for examination: Greets patients, reviews symptoms, treatment, and past health/medical history, takes B/P, weight, height, temperature, and other measurements such as peak flow and/or vitals as appropriate to complete health assessment in clinical area, performs vision, hearing screenings and spirometry if appropriate, obtains blood, urine, and sputum specimens as appropriate, and assists with laboratory requisitions and assures lab pick‑up.
• Assists with patient scheduling and encounter forms.
• Answers and triages telephone calls and callbacks as instructed by registered nurse, nurse practitioner and/or physician.
• Cleans and stocks examination rooms and maintains room cleaning schedule.
• Responsible for set‑up, assisting and post‑cleaning for special procedures such as colposcopy, endometrial biopsy, sigmoidoscopy, aspirations, wart removal, etc.
• Maintains clinical records and logs for clinical area.
• Responsible for ordering, maintaining, and inventory of medical, office, and laboratory supplies for clinical area.
• Files charts, lab reports, patient forms and information in the medical records.
• Requests medical records from other health care providers.
• Assists with chart flow/medical records in Riggs CHC and for other providers.
• Assists with indigent medication assistance program.
• Assists with the planning and implementation of programs for patients and families to increase awareness of relevant medical conditions, decrease risk‑behaviors, and increase responsibility for self‑care.
• Attends and participates in in‑service education for staff, quality assurance program, and risk‑management programs.
• Relieves and substitutes for other medical assistants in other clinical areas as needed for clinic operations and/or other clerical staff as needed.

Must be able to travel between our Frankfort and Lebanon locations!

40 hour/week. No Overtime. Limited Saturdays on rotation possible. 4‑Day work week: 7:30-6:30 (10hr shifts) with an assigned day off.